RT-1/PRC-1

PRC-1 is the name of two different radios: a spyradio of the end of WWII, and an Italian HF- radio. Only very few details are known:

It was built in Milano, Italy by GT & E as successor of the
GRC-9, (hence the frequency range of von 2 .. 12 MHz); is fully transistorized, and used by the army and special police forces.

I was told that in 1987 both GRC-9 and PRC-1 were used as tactical radios by the Italian Army.

A mobile version is in the collection. A portable version uses either a handcrank generator or a battery box.

(Italian nomenclature also was RH 4/212 as mobile Version und E/PRC as portable version).
The nameplate is missing, but I never saw a nameplate in a picture.

Frequency range:

2 ... 12 MHz

HF output:

2W / 15W

Frequency steps:

1 kHz / 500 Hz

Mode:

A3, A3J/USB, MCW, CW

Voltage needed:

24V

Measurement and weight:

30 x 11 x 31 cm; 10,5 kg

Connectors:

Audio: U-77

HF: BNC

Handset:

H-33/PT